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Marrakech Sacred Places

Marrakech Sacred Places

Marrakech · Morocco

14 stops12 km2 h 19 min
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Marrakech to encounter mosques, a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery, and a zawiya linked by the city’s religious heritage. Along the way, pause at places of worship and remembrance, from the Koutoubia Mosque to neighborhood mosques and sacred sites in the medina. This walk offers a focused way to notice the variety of faith traditions represented in Marrakech. Follow the stops in order for a sustained journey through the city’s sacred places.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Koutoubia Mosque

    Koutoubia Mosque

    A royal Almohad mosque rebuilt after conquest, with a minaret shaped by a centuries-old argument about prayer.

  2. Moulay al-Yazid Mosque

    Moulay al-Yazid Mosque

    A royal Almohad mosque, rebuilt by Saadian and Alaouite sultans, with a pioneering minaret.

  3. Berrima Mosque

    Berrima Mosque

    A royal mosque built to bring prayer closer to Marrakech’s palace

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Jewish Cemetery Miaara

    Jewish Cemetery Miaara

    A centuries-old Jewish cemetery beside Marrakech’s Mellah, marked by blue kohanim tombs and rabbinic mausoleums.

  6. Synagogue Salat Al-Azama

    Synagogue Salat Al-Azama

    A working synagogue whose traditional 1492 foundation sits uneasily beside a Mellah created in 1557.

  7. مسجد المدينة

    مسجد المدينة

    مسجد المدينة is a mosque in Marrakech, Morocco.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.